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Proving and protecting your identity

  • Order a birth certificate
  • Get a marriage certificate
  • Get a death certificate
  • Access to your birth, marriage and name change records
  • Translating official documents
  • Use your NZ documents overseas
  • What is RealMe?

Proving and protecting your identity

  • Order a birth certificate
  • Get a marriage certificate
  • Get a death certificate
  • Access to your birth, marriage and name change records
  • Translating official documents
  • Use your NZ documents overseas
  • What is RealMe?

Proving and protecting your identity

  • Order a birth certificate

    New Zealand birth certificates are a record of birth. You can order a birth certificate online, by phone, by post or in person. Prices start at $33 for a standard certificate.

  • Get a marriage certificate

    Your New Zealand marriage or civil union certificate is an official record of your marriage. It costs $33 to get one sent to you.

  • Get a death certificate

    You might need a death certificate if you're administering someone's estate or applying for a funeral grant from Work and Income or ACC.

  • Access to your birth, marriage and name change records

    Birth, death, marriage, civil union and name change records are a public register — anyone can generally request copies of someone's information. You can see who's accessed your records since 2009 or block access to them if your safety is at risk.

    • Get a non-disclosure direction
  • Translating official documents

    If you need a document translated into English or another language, you can organise the translation yourself or use the Department of Internal Affairs Translation Service.

    • Translating documents into English
    • Get a translation to use in another country
  • Use your NZ documents overseas

    When you need to use a New Zealand document in another country, you might be asked to get the document apostilled or authenticated. Some countries call this legalisation.

    • Authentication Unit document requirements
    • Verify an apostille
  • What is RealMe?

    RealMe is the secure way to prove who you are online. You can use it in two ways: to prove who you are when you’re online, and to log into lots of NZ government sites and services.

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